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Demon Hunter

Vengeance

tankmeleemedium difficulty

Playstyle

Dual-wielding tank blending damage reduction, self-healing, high mobility, and enemy control. Not fully damage-prevention-based like Protection Warrior — the toolkit reduces significant damage instead. One of only two specs that heal based on damage taken (the other is Blood Death Knight). Powerful opening burst for snap aggro, frequently usable cooldowns, high avoidance from natural Dodge/Parry, and can cancel knockbacks with Glide.

Highly mobile, self-sustaining tank

Season 2 Tier Set

Abyssal Doomhound's Pursuit

2

Sigil of Flame's damage over time is increased by 50%. Soul Cleave increases the duration of Sigil of Flame on your primary target by 2 seconds.

4

Immolation Aura and Sigil of Spite deal 100% increased damage against targets affected by your Sigil of Flame.

+ The Good

Highly mobile, self-sustaining tank

Strong burst threat

Well-rounded healing/damage-reduction

Chaos Brand

Handles solo and open-world content unusually well for a tank spec

Naturally high passive avoidance reduces incoming hits before mitigation even factors in

− The Bad

Several short-duration defensives (Fiery Brand/Frailty) must be actively juggled rather than one steady mitigation stat

Healing doesn't work on environmental damage

Some of its mitigation is debuff-based, so it lapses the moment you can't keep it applied to a target

Pick My Main ratings

Single target damage8 / 10
AoE damage8 / 10
Priority target / funnel damage6 / 10
Survivability4 / 5
Utility4 / 5
Fun3 / 5

Raid buffs

5% Increased Magic Damage Taken (debuff)

Utility

Darkness

Hero talents

Annihilator

Confirmed for Midnight -- shared with Devourer, replaces Fel-Scarred for this spec.

Aldrachi Reaver

Confirmed for Midnight -- unchanged from prior expansions.